Psicrystal Crafter [Archive] - Wizards Community

Psicrystal Crafter [Archive] - Wizards Community

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crizh
11-13-07, 04:59 PM I've been working on a psicrystal build that can construct psionic items.

Assuming that Psicrystals get feats.

By giving it one of CPsi's Host feats it gains an ML equal to half it's HD. This is enough to qualify for Item Creation Feats. It requires an assistant to provide any pre-requisite powers and to pay the xp's but is able to work 24/7 until an item is complete.

In our campaign we get almost zero down-time so this would be a fantastic help. My Erudite is level 6 and so her Psicrystal would have an ML of 3.

I'm swithering over Scribe Tattoo, Craft Cognizance Crystal and Craft Universal Item. Which do you guy's think would be a good choice?
Lokiyn
11-13-07, 08:40 PM Just to point out that since the Psionic Crafter feats allow a Psionic crafter to make the same items that can be made by the normal magic crafting feats.

Thus with the Dedicated Wrights Requirements of Craft Construct, Arcane Eye and Fabricate, can be met with the following

Craft Psionic Construct, Mind's Eye [4th, General], and of course Fabricate(psionic).
hogarth
11-13-07, 11:18 PM What powers do you know? (Lots, I assume, but it's good to know which ones.) That'll influence which items you can make.

How is the psicrystal taking a host feat? What entity is it hosting?
crizh
11-14-07, 03:55 AM I'm giving it Defensive Shell which grants it Force Screen. If I'd been thinking about it I would have given it Telepathic Affinity months ago and saved myself the trouble of searching half the planet for someone who knew Mindlink...

Qualification for Host feats appears to be a bit soft. There don't really appear to be any pre-requisites, the flavour text implies that anyone can take a Host feat. I've re-flavoured it slightly, I've effectively copied a little more of my mind than usual into my Psicrystal thus giving it the ability to manifest one of the powers I know once per day.

Our campaign is very low resource. We rarely see large amounts of cash, magic items are few and far between and down-time has been restricted to a minimum by the plot. We find ourselves in lots of knockdown, drag-out encounters. I concentrate mostly on low-level powers that don't need augmentation like Entangling Ectoplasm, Grease or Matter Agitation. I'll occasionally throw out an augmented Energy Ray if we're in a tight spot. I make pretty heavy use of Vigor and sometimes combine that with Share Pain. The rest of my powers are utility stuff like Tongues and Knock that can be kept around in Powerstones just-in-case.
hogarth
11-14-07, 09:44 AM I'm sure your buddies would appreciate tattoos of Vigor, Force Screen and so forth, but I don't know how tight-fisted you are when it comes to expendable items.

If your DM allows you to build customised psionic items (like a psionic Headband of Intellect made using Animal Affinity), I'd go with Universal Item, I think.

Craft Crystal Capacitor seems like a non-starter to me.

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crizh 11-13-07, 04:59 PM	I've been working on a psicrystal build that can construct psionic items. Assuming that Psicrystals get feats. By giving it one of CPsi's Host feats it gains an ML equal to half it's HD. This is enough to qualify for Item Creation Feats. It requires an assistant to provide any pre-requisite powers and to pay the xp's but is able to work 24/7 until an item is complete. In our campaign we get almost zero down-time so this would be a fantastic help. My Erudite is level 6 and so her Psicrystal would have an ML of 3. I'm swithering over Scribe Tattoo, Craft Cognizance Crystal and Craft Universal Item. Which do you guy's think would be a good choice?
Lokiyn 11-13-07, 08:40 PM	Just to point out that since the Psionic Crafter feats allow a Psionic crafter to make the same items that can be made by the normal magic crafting feats. Thus with the Dedicated Wrights Requirements of Craft Construct, Arcane Eye and Fabricate, can be met with the following Craft Psionic Construct, Mind's Eye [4th, General], and of course Fabricate(psionic).
hogarth 11-13-07, 11:18 PM	What powers do you know? (Lots, I assume, but it's good to know which ones.) That'll influence which items you can make. How is the psicrystal taking a host feat? What entity is it hosting?
crizh 11-14-07, 03:55 AM	I'm giving it Defensive Shell which grants it Force Screen. If I'd been thinking about it I would have given it Telepathic Affinity months ago and saved myself the trouble of searching half the planet for someone who knew Mindlink... Qualification for Host feats appears to be a bit soft. There don't really appear to be any pre-requisites, the flavour text implies that anyone can take a Host feat. I've re-flavoured it slightly, I've effectively copied a little more of my mind than usual into my Psicrystal thus giving it the ability to manifest one of the powers I know once per day. Our campaign is very low resource. We rarely see large amounts of cash, magic items are few and far between and down-time has been restricted to a minimum by the plot. We find ourselves in lots of knockdown, drag-out encounters. I concentrate mostly on low-level powers that don't need augmentation like Entangling Ectoplasm, Grease or Matter Agitation. I'll occasionally throw out an augmented Energy Ray if we're in a tight spot. I make pretty heavy use of Vigor and sometimes combine that with Share Pain. The rest of my powers are utility stuff like Tongues and Knock that can be kept around in Powerstones just-in-case.
hogarth 11-14-07, 09:44 AM	I'm sure your buddies would appreciate tattoos of Vigor, Force Screen and so forth, but I don't know how tight-fisted you are when it comes to expendable items. If your DM allows you to build customised psionic items (like a psionic Headband of Intellect made using Animal Affinity), I'd go with Universal Item, I think. Craft Crystal Capacitor seems like a non-starter to me.